Agreed!

Moving on!

Where's that ScrapAxe?

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Yes. If the knife is used AS INTENDED, the rubber guard is probably sufficient. The problem is, people routinely push Bussekin knives beyond their design parameters because they expect Bussekin knives to be able to take it. If only people were more sensible. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

The guard serves its purpose, which is to keep your hand from sliding forward.


However, the guard is not sturdy enough to stand up to the "hard use" that we expect out of scrap yard blades. Batoning is the most obvious place the res-c guard could be damaged, but many other tasks could do so as well - digging and prying and carving up car doors - all of these are places where the unsupported guard could be easily chewed into nothing.


And I've just gotta <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> at the "right tool for the job" excuse. If we were only using the right tool for the job, we wouldn't buy extremely hard use knives like those from scrap yard in the first place. Dan wouldn't have had to demonstrate that the 154cm on the mud puppy could be hammered into a pipe without damage, if these things were supposed to be limited to the "right tool for the job".

Unless you're doing nothing with your regulator but slicing veggies or sticking it in a safe, you're likely to come across a task that could easily damage the poorly designed and implemented guard.


And tell me, what exactly *IS* the right job for the regulator, hmm? I sure don't plan on killing too many people any time soon, so what job should I be using a huge, obscenely thick Bowie knife for, if not chopping and splitting wood? Surely you don't expect me to believe that Dan is offering a dedicated fighting knife, and anyone who doesn't stab people should be making it a safe queen?

It looks like a Bowie to me. But even if I concede that it is a pure fighter design, I still think it's dumb to claim anyone using it for anything other than fighting isn't using "the right tool for the job" or any other such nonsense


That is my point though - the Muk is a skinner design, yet people USE the dang thing for all kinds of jobs, and no one says "hey thats not the right tool for the job!!!"



The guard design on the regulator is poor. I'm sorry if that's not politically correct or sounds unkind of me, but that is my opinion. That amount of res-c, protruding in that fashion, is simply not up to the hard use we expect out of Scrap Yard knives. I am disappointed to see folks making so many excuses to justify such a terrible design choice, and even more disappointed to see people trying to tell others how they should be using their knives, to keep them from hitting the limitations of that poor design choice.


I have praised the regulator thoroughly since the test team period was up, because I was absolutely certain that Dan would rectify such a glaringly huge shortcoming in the knife. When he didn't, I was more than disappointed - I felt bad for anyone who reads my glowing reviews and ends up buying a knife that is, IMHO, not up to the standards of quality design I've come to expect from the yard.


Again, sorry if that hurts anyone's feelings, but I am a fan of quality products and hard use knives, and with the omission of any protection for the huge protruding chunks of res-c in the guard, I don't think the regulator fits EITHER of those descriptions.

"poorly designed and implemented guard"

Didn't you previously post over and over how much you loved the Regulator?

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"poorly designed and implemented guard"

Didn't you previously post over and over how much you loved the Regulator?

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I like the design and I totally disagree with your statements in this thread.
Did you send in such statements to Scrap Yard in your email reviews?

I posted my emails in another thread recently. Dan, Patti, and Renee know what I think of this knife.

Now we all know what you think.

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IMO this is a well-balanced, quick knife with the best grip yet from SY. I really, really like it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Continual whining will not change anything and will make the forum more negative in general.